<p>lucylulu,</p>
<p>Don’t worry about being from the West Coast. Judging by the wild applause during the Dean of Admissions’ “call and response” minute in Finney Chapel last fall during orientation week, California is probably the state with the second largest contingent of Oberlin students these days, after New York. There seemed to be a ton of folks from the West Coast last fall. We even met a freshman from Hawaii. He and his family happened to check into the Marriott in North Olmsted at the same time we did.</p>
<p>If you research the history of the Oberlin community, which is inextricably linked with the college, you will discover the community is anything but “homogeneous and conservative.” It’s the opposite.</p>